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PAPER BOX. rNo. 327.2%?! y gl'ted 29, 1885.

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ROBERT W. BETTS, F lllGN'lCLAlR-f, NIW? JERSEY, ASSIGNQR 'IO SAMUELCRUlII?, 0F SAME PLACI).

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PECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent No, 327,224-, datedSeptember 29, 3.885.

Application tiled Augustl, i885.'

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ROBERT WT. BIP/nrs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Montclair, in the county of Essexand State oi' NewJersey, have inventedY certain new and useful Improveinentsin,IaperBoxes, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin boxes, the object of the samebeing to so con-y struct a box that the ends thereof may be easily andreadily folded, and at the same time effectually prevent the escape orsifting i out of the .contents thereof.

W ith this endin View niyinvention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction, as will b e hereinafter fully described, and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanyingl drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved box, one end thereof being shown entirely open and the otherend closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof, showing the ends partiallyclosed; and Figs. 3 and 4 are modifications. f,

Referring to "the drawings, A' represents the body of the box, which inthis instance is rectangular in outline, being sealed at its verticalsides, leaving the ends open for the insertion or withdrawal forwhatever it may be desired to packor ship inthe box. Upon opposite sidesof the box are formed the flaps B F, respectively, each of which isfolded on the lines M N and O P,--,respectively, and the other two sidesof the box are cut'to form flaps or curbs B', whichare folded on thelines O Q and I? Q, M Q and N Q, thereby forming three daps, (lettered DG 0,) the top of the curb or iiap being at the apex Q of the iiap G.Theflaps B F are extended, forming the lips A E, as clearly shown inFig.v 1 of' the drawings. The ends of the box may be folded, accordingto my invention, by first 'v folding inward the flap B, the fold beingon the lines M N, M Q, N Q, M K, and N L, said Hap when thus foldedlying fiat upon the contents of the box, and the extended portion yorlip -A resting against the flap F, said lip being folded on the line KL. After the flap B has been folded, as described,the flaps or curbs Bare folded inward on the' lines O Q (Model 4l and I Q, M O and N l,shown, which has the effect of drawing the flap F dovsf'nward toward theend of the box, whereupon the extended portion or lip lil is turned downupon the side of the bex A', and the whole pressed compactly together,so as to form a firm solid end, as indicated in Fig. l.

Previous to folding the box, as above described, glue or other desiredadhesive substance is applied to the inner sides of the flaps F and thelips A E, and also upon the inner sides of the curbs B', whereby theseveral partsafter the box has been folded, will be permanently held intheir proper relative positions. Instead, however, of using any adhesivesubstance, I may lengthen the lip H,

as shown in Fig. .3 of the drawings, and after lapsed or flattened outfor shipment, and when the box is filled and the flaps folded to closethe same all danger of the material sifting through it is entirelyovercome, and when the boxes are constructed as shown in Figs. 3 and 4either end thereof may be opened and closed at will.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bex formed on its opposite sides with fiaps BF, lipA, and curbs B',the flaps B F being bent to fold on the lines M N and O I),respectively, and the curbs on the lines O Q, M Q, and M O and I Q, N Q,and N P, the whole being' arrangedto close substantially in the mannerand for the purpose set forth.

2; A box forlnedon its opposite sides with the flaps B F and icurbs B',the flaps B F be ing bent to fold con the lines M N and O P, and thecurbs on the linesOQ, MQ, and M 0 and 1 Q, N Q, :mdN P, said flaps beingformed l Signed at Montclair, in the county of Essex on their ends withlips AIE. which are bent and State of New Jersey, this 13th day of xovto fold on thelines I J and K L, whereby the August, AZ D. 1885. lip Awillresta against the ap F and the latl 5 ter rest. on the upper face ofthe iiap B, theQ `curbs being bent'inwardly between said flaps B and F,substantially as and the purpose de scribed. v

ROBERT 11V. BET'BS. Witnesses: l v

J. OGDEN CLARK,

HARRY W` DoREMUs.

